Maria Christina was born on the evening of October 17th. Her mom, Rosario is only 17 years old, and the father of the baby is not around. Her brother brought her to the clinic, and then left again, so she had no "bantay" or support with her during her labor and delivery. So we were her supports - one girl at her head, helping her breathe, while I delivered and Erin assisted. 30 minutes after delivery, Rosario was sitting up and talking away to her new baby girl, getting her food ready on her own and, really, just handling things amazingly well. I had a good time getting to know her and doing all the follow-up postpartum with her. We scheduled a home-visit for next week, which both she and I are looking foward to.
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